Israeli PM tells Canadian party leader to 'backtrack' comments on genocide

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Canada's Liberal leader Mark Carney on X after he agreed with a heckler at a rally that "genocide" was occurring in Gaza. 

Carney was at a rally in Calgary on Tuesday when someone in the crowd shouted that there was a genocide occurring in Palestine. Carney said he was aware of this and said that was why they had an arms embargo in place. 

Carney said on Wednesday that he had not heard the word "genocide". However, despite this, Netanyahu demanded Carney to "backtrack" a statement he labelled "irresponsible".

"Canada has always sided with civilisation. So should Mr Carney. But instead of supporting Israel, a democracy that is fighting a just war with just means against the barbarians of Hamas, he attacks the one and only Jewish state."